Saturday, January 29, 2011

Carmell Jones

Although I don't think this live 1970 performance by Oliver Nelson of his big band chart "Down by the Riverside" is quite as good as the well-known 1965 studio version with Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, it's a great opportunity to see the under-recognized trumpeter Carmell Jones in action:
Jones, who played on Horace Silver's famous Song for my Father, made quite a lot of recordings in the U.S. during the early 1960s before moving to Europe for fifteen years or so—this concert took place in Berlin.  He starts his solo about a minute-and-a-half into this video clip.  Burnin' it up.  His Jazz Impressions of Folk Music album is worth a listen, too.

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